dragonder
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dragonder, from German Dragoner.
Noun
dragonder (plural dragonders)
- dragoon
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Dragoner. The pejorative sense might be a reference to Aal de Dragonder, a woman who lived in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and dressed as a dragoon, though this sense only originated well after her death. Otherwise it could be a similar development as the meaning “large ugly woman” of draak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdraːˈɣɔn.dər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dra‧gon‧der
- Rhymes: -ɔndər
Noun
dragonder m (plural dragonders, diminutive dragondertje n)
- dragoon
- (derogatory) unfeminine woman
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dragonder